Francisco Puerta Aparicio

(b. 1929, Spain)

Sissi

Francisco Puerta Aparicio was a Spanish artist, who is best known in Spain for his romance comics. He drew several issues in the series 'Magnolia' by Exclusivas Gráficas Ricart from 1959. In the 1960s he was active for Bruguera, with artwork for collections like 'Celia' (many issues), 'Heidi' ('Blancanieves y los siete enanitos') and 'Historias' ('Sissi y el paje negro', 'Sisi y la Princesita Húngara'). He also worked extensively as an agency artist for French publishers like Aredit (Coplan) and Impéria (Super Boy, Tex-Tone, Z33 Agent Secret).